Chanak, who had difficulty collecting words: “Virtus” grabbed us like a beast “/ News

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Panevėžys “Lietkabelis”, who scored just three points during the third quarter, started the European Cup season with a loss, and such a poor performance left Panevėžys head coach Nenada Čanakas speechless.

“It just came to our attention then. Two absolutely different sides. When you only scored three points during the time and took them off the penalty line … In the second half we didn’t respond to their aggression, we played too scared.

“Virtus” felt it and grabbed us like a beast. This is a great lesson for us. We will continue working, we will try to improve and we will continue fighting, ”said Chanak after the defeat.

When asked to comment on the third quarter in more detail, the specialist said that the team’s lack of experience at this level also contributed to this.

“It just came to our knowledge then. As for the attack, believe close’outo the situation is already in a good enough position to attack at this level. We have created several of those opportunities, but we have not taken advantage of them. We play without confidence in ourselves, we begin to hide from the ball.

When we were 25 points we started to make good decisions and hit, but everything is determined by experience and play in high pressure situations. As I said, I am sure that we will improve ”, added the specialist.

Lietkabelis was in the match in the first half of the match, and after the first ten minutes he even led 24:19. Speaking of a good start, Chanako mentioned several factors.

“We played more decisively in attack, we threw the shots we wanted to make. We control their rapid attacks. We only committed 6 times in the first half, which is unacceptable, but we stayed in the match anyway. However, the third quarter was terrible both in attack and defense, ”Chanakas commented.

Virtus played without their leader Miloš Teodosičius, but, according to Chanakas, it did not have much effect on the match plan.

“The plan did not change much, because we were preparing for the match with Žalgiris on Sunday, and on Monday we already knew that Miloš would not play, so we prepared for the match knowing his situation,” concluded the Lietkabelis strategist.